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Thursday, April 19, 2007

Lots of Macarons

I'm back 2 weeks from Paris and I haven't mentioned the 'M' word once.

There are still plenty of macarons all over Paris. In fact EVERYWHERE I went I found macarons in all shapes and sizes.

Directly across from my hotel on 79, rue de Seine was a Champion Supermarche and they have damn good macarons - a 12-pack costs 6.50 Euros.I bought them as still life models but they served double duty - and very tasty they were.

These bright jazzy babes are from patisserie Gerard Mulot.I bought them to paint. When the vendeuse asked, did I want them in a boite/box or for right now?' in French, I just mumbled, oui, oui'. They ended up in a sac /bag. Later on they were cracked and a mess, so I tossed them. Lecon learned - never buy macarons for emporte /take-away again.

When Corey heard I'd thrown out the macs, she begged me PLEASE rescue them from the trash but I forgot.I made it up by getting her two Pierre Herme macarons - a rose and a caramel.

23 comments:

It is high time to introduce the Ms in Norway, don't you think so. May be it's an idea for The Blue Café to start.Come over with your paintings, and we can do it together :-) Norway will never be the same.

Britt-Arnhild:Your trip to Vienna will do double-duty: macarons even here! (And I would have never touched them without Carol's tempting, I thought they looked to artificial - and then, what did I know?).Carol,I thank Ilva for her yogurt recipe, that I mixed up for lunch, otherwise it would have meant a walk to Dommayer's. ;-)Everything looks so enticing, and all those props! Do you keep a props manager?

Merisi you can apply to be my prop manager :)Corey was not as co-operative as planned, required constant feedings of macarons and has consequently been fired from the job. There IS an opening!She did finally bring along her best rosebud cup after much arm-twisting... Have you some good cups for me Merisi?

britt I'd be interested in coming to Norway in the summer months ONLY! Do they have any summer months there???

Sure we have summer :-) Just take a look:http://brittarnhildshouseinthewoods.typepad.com/brittarnhilds_house_in_th/2005/07/life_at_cabin_r.htmlAnd I could do with a few macroons when we celebrate the French Fete Nationale:http://brittarnhildshouseinthewoods.typepad.com/brittarnhilds_house_in_th/2005/07/fte_nationale.html

I have really been enjoying your newsletters - your watercolors are just beautiful.

I am wondering if you can give me a more exact address for the Champion Supermarche that you mention in the letter - we will be back in Paris in May and I would like to buy some Macarons at the Champion Supermarche on rue de Seine.

I am really loving the Peony 'M' painting... (is it still available?) One of the cooks in the take-out diner next to my 'CASTLE' just figured out how to make incredibly dreamy tasting green Macarons!!! Talk about melt-in-your-mouth temptations... !!! Oh, and the rose-fouchon painting - still available???

I love to see how you work the images in different watercolor compositions--very nice! The box is nicely detailed next to the simplicity of the macarons and cup. And wonderful flower - anemone? poppy? peony?It directs the eye into the image of the cup -- The detail on the box draws one into the image from the right. Fragile, lovely pastel watercolors.

I stumbled upon your weblog and I was happy to see that I'm not the only one passionate about Paris and French Patisserie. I just want to say that I like you paintings and the whole outlook of your blog.

I've seen them here in Melbourne in Laurent - http://www.laurent.com.au/ - and I thought they looked too artificial. But now I want to try them! They look just like the real Paris ones, too :-)http://www.laurent.com.au/retail/product_pic.php?type=other&p=1

But when you live in a city with a Paris end, there should be some compensations!

What I am fired from my job titled: Eater of Props---Eating your props was hard work! I did a great job didn't I? ;) Darn it! I loved that job too. Imagine Parisbreakfast readers...Being the person who eats what Carol paints? It was heavenly, delicious, daunting (yes daunting to eat sooooooooooooooo many MS hour after hour, day after day, but I gladly did it!!)okay, okay, in all fairness....I did sometimes eat the props before they were painted! How could I resist?Rose MS Violet Ms and I woun't even mention the stacks of chocolates, cups of coffee and pots of hot whipped chocolate!

My hips and lips thank you for the best cushy job ever.

Are you really firing me? I'll pay you to keep me?

:)Remember rose and antique blue cups ...... Remember French husband's good advice about living in France